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Stenomylus hitchcocki

Mammalia - Camelidae

Taxonomy
Stenomylus hitchcocki was named by Loomis (1910). Its type specimen is Amherst College 2059, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Stenomylus Quarry, which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in the Harrison Formation of Nebraska.

It was recombined as Stenomylus (Stenomylus) hitchcocki by Honey et al. (1998) and Cassiliano (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Stenomylus hitchcocki Loomis p. 298 figs. 1 -26
1911Stenomylus hitchcocki Loomis p. 70
1998Stenomylus (Stenomylus) hitchcocki Honey et al. p. 444
2008Stenomylus (Stenomylus) hitchcocki Cassiliano p. 144
2010Stenomylus hitchcocki Cassiliano

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
suborderTylopoda()
familyCamelidae
subfamilyStenomylinae
tribeStenomylini
genusStenomylus
specieshitchcocki

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Stenomylus hitchcocki Loomis 1910
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:42:02
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Nowak 1991

Age range: Harrisonian or 24.80000 to 18.50000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Wyoming) Stenomylus hitchcocki (17467)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) Stenomylus hitchcocki (type locality: 17845)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (California) Stenomylus hitchcocki (17760)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (Montana) Stenomylus hitchcocki (17810)